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RETACKING
Definition of RETACKING
verb
present participle and gerund of retack
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Word DNA
RETACKING inherits its ancestry from its root, RETACK.
How it is built
Same root, RETACK · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RETACKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 40, 29 June 2026.
Built from these letters
RETACKING starts with R and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACEGIKNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start RETACK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found RETACKING?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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